193.0

193.0  That is half a pound. No sleep last night so I am surprised I lost any. Sometimes I get something in my head and it keeps me up all night thinking about it!

Food: I looked at what I had written down for the last post and it looked like I was trying to starve myself to death! Not true. I am not counting calories, but average 1200 to 1500 per day. I left off things like the stir fried mushrooms and peppers. It is hard to remember every single thing you ate! The spinach shake is a couple hundred calories and some great protein, fiber and all those vitamins that spinach and strawberries give you.  Yesterday I had the shake, 1 diet coke because I did not have any cash on me. About a 4 oz steak for lunch. 3 oranges, 2 bananas. Some fresh strawberries. And Sandi made an incredible veggie lasagna! It was pretty incredible. Man am I going to miss her when she goes home! So anyway, likely on the higher side of the calories yesterday.

Exercise: Mmmm, did not even "jump" to any conclusions. I will do what I can till all the kids are home and our life is back to boring Ron and I.

Mood: Pretty good. Getting a lot of energy and excited about work and play again. Also very excited about a couple new listings I have. Really Nice!

Reality Check: Had a friend talk to me about a new health drink. Sounded really good. People are losing weight, feeling better and ... well, you know all of it.

I thought about it. I KNOW I would lose weight and quickly. I am now and you see what I am doing. The point is, I want to CHANGE how I live and therefore, my weight for life. If I am on the next great drink or diet or fad, it WILL work! But only until I go back to my "real" life and old habits and that will happen.

So that was the decision I started with and I am sticking with. The general idea is stay away from as much processed stuff as I can. Stay as close to the "original" product as possible. That is the basic plan. I eat more veggies than anything else. Fruit is next then protein.  Everything else is minimal. I take vitamins and minerals because on any given day I am likely short on something. However, it won't be anything to do with green veggies!

You already know I fall off the wagon and gain. I was down to 189.5. I will get there and pass it again. The point is, I do better, feel better and am forming new habits. The bad times are shorter and inflict less damage.  I am 53. It took a long time to get where I am. It will take some time to get back to a healthy weight and for the first time in my life, eat healthily for life.

It is nearly 6:00 AM. Just so you know, it comes much slower when you fail to sleep, but it still shows up.

Have a great day and thank you for reading!